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  Re: parse an environment file Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-02 00:21 +1000

#30606 — Re: parse an environment file

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 12:12 AM, Jason Friedman <jason@powerpull.net> wrote:
> Let me restate my question.  I have a file that looks like this:
> export VAR1=foo
> export VAR2=bar
> # Comment
> export VAR3=${VAR1}${VAR2}
>
> I want this:
> my_dict = {'VAR1': 'foo', 'VAR2': 'bar', 'VAR3': 'foobar'}
>
> I can roll my own, but I'm thinking there is a module or existing code
> that does this.  I looked at the os and sys and configparse modules
> but did not see it.

Is there a reason to use that format, rather than using Python
notation? I've at times made config files that simply get imported.
Instead of a dictionary, you'd have a module object:


# config.py
VAR1='foo'
VAR2='bar'
VAR3=VAR1+VAR2

# main file
import config as my_dict

ChrisA

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